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Real Estate Gazette: focus on shopping centers

Issue 27

A very warm welcome to all our readers to the first issue of DLA Piper’s Real Estate Gazette for 2017.

In this issue, we focus on shopping centers and the myriad legal issues flowing from their construction and operation. The breadth of topics discussed reflects the dynamic landscape of global real estate law, among them:

In Zambia, which has experienced significant growth in its commercial real estate sector in the last two decades, issues are identified in relation to land ownership, impact on the environment, and leasing requirements

The article on Kenya identifies the tendency towards mixed-use centers and mentions the main challenges this trend faces

The article on Poland looks at the termination of lease agreements and recent changes on VAT refunds for real estate transactions

Read a selection of articles or download the complete Real Estate Gazette in any of the following formats:

In this issue

In an effort to fill inner city retail vacancies, the Flemish Region in Belgium enacted the Decree of 17 June 2016 on the short-term lease of premises for commercial and artisanal purposes (known as “pop-up leases”), which came into force on 1 September 2016.

Shopping centers,
including retail
parks, are viewed in
Romania today as
commercial and entertainment
hubs, where shops operate
together in an integrated
way to offer consumers an
enhanced shopping experience.
Whilst this integrated feel
may be fairly simple to achieve
when the retail park is owned
by a sole owner, achieving the same
outcome when a retail park is
owned by two different owners
may prove more challenging.

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